Multiaxial fatigue of an alumina particle reinforced aluminum alloy

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-56

  Xia, Z ^a   Ellyin, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alumina particles; Aluminum alloy; Metal matrix composite; Multiaxial fatigue; Strain energy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE TESTING; HEAT TREATMENT; LOAD TESTING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MULTIAXIAL FATIGUE TESTS; PARTICLE REINFORCED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMMC);

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031655032     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(97)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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